Chandler Artist and Curator Nicole Royse: 100 Creatives

Phoenix is brimming with creativity. And every other year, we put the spotlight on 100 of the city’s creative forces. Leading up to the release of this year’s Best of Phoenix issue, we’re profiling 100 more. Welcome to the 2014 edition of 100 Creatives. Up today: 93. Nicole Royse. Nicole…

Phoenix Jewelry Designer Nanibaa Beck: 100 Creatives

Phoenix is brimming with creativity. And every other year, we put the spotlight on 100 of the city’s creative forces. Leading up to the release of this year’s Best of Phoenix issue, we’re profiling 100 more. Welcome to the 2014 edition of 100 Creatives. Up today: 94. Nanibaa Beck. For…

Jenni from the Block

Jenni Pulos’ life plan didn’t pan out. She didn’t end up being the second coming of Gilda Radner on Saturday Night Live. UCLA was not interested in her performing as their mascot. And her rap duo? Yeah, they didn’t hit the big time.But the actress, who grew up in Scottsdale,…

Tempe Artist Daniel Langhans: 100 Creatives

Phoenix is brimming with creativity. And every other year, we put the spotlight on 100 of the city’s creative forces. Leading up to the release of this year’s Best of Phoenix issue, we’re profiling 100 more. Welcome to the 2014 edition of 100 Creatives. Up today: 95. Daniel Langhans. Daniel…

Phoenix Designer Doug Bell: 100 Creatives

Phoenix is brimming with creativity. And every other year, we put the spotlight on 100 of the city’s creative forces. Leading up to the release of this year’s Best of Phoenix issue, we’re profiling 100 more. Welcome to the 2014 edition of 100 Creatives. Up today: 96. Doug Bell. 2014…

Capture 12 to Open at Eye Lounge on Roosevelt Row in Phoenix

Roosevelt Row staple gallery Eye Lounge turns 15 this year. And to celebrate, owners Cindy Dach and Greg Esser are changing things up. Soon the collective art space, which currently can house three art exhibitions at a time, will welcome photographer, educator, and ASU alum Stephen Gittins’ business, Capture 12,…

Tempe Playwright Beth May: 100 Creatives

Phoenix is brimming with creativity. And every other year, we put the spotlight on 100 of the city’s creative forces. Leading up to the release of this year’s Best of Phoenix issue, we’re profiling 100 more. Welcome to the 2014 edition of 100 Creatives. Up today: 97. Beth May. Beth…

Phoenix Artist Jeff Slim: 100 Creatives

Phoenix is brimming with creativity. And every other year, we put the spotlight on 100 of the city’s creative forces. Leading up to the release of this year’s Best of Phoenix issue, we’re profiling 100 more. Welcome to the 2014 edition of 100 Creatives. Up today: 98. Jeff Slim. For…

Southwest Gardener to Move to The Newton in Phoenix

Phoenix shop Southwest Gardener announced Thursday, May 8, that it will relocate to The Newton. The gardening supply shop will join Changing Hands Bookstore and Justin Beckett’s Southern Rail at the soon-to-open shopping complex at Camelback Road and Third Avenue…

Phoenix Designer Niki Blaker: 100 Creatives

Phoenix is brimming with creativity. And every other year, we put the spotlight on 100 of the city’s creative forces. Leading up to the release of this year’s Best of Phoenix issue, we’re profiling 100 more. Welcome to the 2014 edition of 100 Creatives. Up today: 99. Niki Blaker. You…

Chillag Out

Phoenix artists and art lovers, take note: The 2014 Contemporary Forum artist grant recipients and the mid-career artist award winner will be announced at Phoenix Art Museum during An Evening with Colin Chillag on Wednesday, May 14. But not before the arts organization, which works with PAM to support contemporary…

Pop Matters

Calm down, gurl. Yes, this year Kathy Griffin won a long-awaited Grammy for a comedy album, which has a title quite similar to the advice we’ve just given you. But that doesn’t mean she’s taking a load off with a box of wine. Although, we’re sure her mom, lovable and…

Phoenix Artist Bill Dambrova: 100 Creatives

Phoenix is brimming with creativity. And every other year, we put the spotlight on 100 of the city’s creative forces. Leading up to the release of this year’s Best of Phoenix issue, we’re profiling 100 more. Welcome to the 2014 edition of 100 Creatives. Up today: 100. Bill Dambrova. Bill…

5 Must-See Movies in Metro Phoenix This May

Stock up on snacks and dig up a cardigan, because this month you’re heading to the movies. Jackalope Ranch has rounded up five must-see flicks this May. From arty vampires and time-traveling mutants to the prime of Miss Lindsay Lohan, here’s what’s worth heading to the theater to watch…

Western Attitude

It’s a fact that merits yelling from the mountaintops: Ballet Arizona’s creative director, Ib Andersen, studied under George Balanchine, the father of American ballet, at the New York City Ballet and is one of the few dancers allowed to stage Balanchine’s works. And that’s quite the coup for both Valley…

2014 Big Brain Award Winners Announced

We are proud to present the recipients of the New Times’ 2014 Big Brain Awards. The five winners were announced and each received $500 to further their creative endeavors at Artopia on Friday, April 25, at Bentley Projects…

Free People Now Open at Chandler Fashion Center

Free People fans looking for a summery fashion fix, soon you’ll be able to get one in Chandler. The boho-chic brand, which has two locations in Scottsdale, opens a third Valley shop at Chandler Fashion Center on Friday, April 25. And there will be an appropriately stylish soiree to celebrate…